RhinoTech showcases the perfect tools and technology to add custom-created rhinestone transfers to apparel.

You’ve learned how to create custom rhinestone transfers with a cutter from the impressive information you’ve sourced. Now, access the tools and technology from RhinoTech that are necessary to bring on the bling and make your images and transfers explode!

 Videos: 

How-to-digitally transfer bling on apparel videos at youtube.com/rhinotechcompany. 

Digital, Heat Press Equipment powered by RhinoTech

Use the best press; the RT DK20Sswing-away to ensure even, level pressing. This will translate to properly pressed rhinestone transfers on all fabrics, no matter the height. This press features a face down heat platen that moves away and to the side of the table for complete access to loading/unloading of materials and layout transfers.

It also offers: 1) a combo of heavy-duty, solid steel industrial grade pressing framework; 2) adjustable press to accommodate materials with fabric thickness up to 1"; 3) accurate and easy to use electronics; 4) state-of-the-art control system with easy to read oversized-digit LCD display to show time and temperature simultaneously; 5) digital height/pressure gauge for displaying current height settings on controller. The operator can use the 70 programmable presets for saving common application settings of Temp/Time/Pressure, ensuring consistent, repeatable results for all applications; 6) temperature readout accurate within +-2°; 7) SuperCoil-Microwinding heater technology that includes a system of embedded heater windings that wind tightly and closely together throughout the entire platen for extremely even heat, fast recovery and fast heat up times.

Digital, heat transfer papers for use with Rhinestones from RhinoTech

Transfer bold fluorescent and white colors and CMYK onto all DARK fabric and apparel with the iconic RT SunAngel DARK series of heat transfer paper and printers. Add rhinestones easily for special effects and value added intensity.

Use SingleStep™ heat transfer paper for use on light color apparel. Add a random and/or specialty designed rhinestone transfer to the printed image for exceptional design quality and significant value increase. Textile Metallic Foil amps the appeal.  

Laser Printers:

The RT 33DC - DayBold SunAngel Printer offers stunning fluorescent and white color on DARK apparel. It is just one of many featured RhinoTech laser printers that enable the brightest of CMYK and white toners, as well. Paired with images printed on these amazing systems, plus the added effects of rhinestones and/or textile metallic foil, the ultimate results are

on-trend, fashion must-haves.

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RhinoTech also has a responsive customer service team. This helps to provide a strong initial framework for the start-up digital printer who shouldn’t hesitate to make use of this assistance.

And, we offer FREE SHIPPING opps with orders of $50+ in the contiguous U.S. (we also ship world-wide).

Answers to Some Start-Up Digital Printing Questions

What is the learning curve for a person new to digital printing?

Great question! To help reduce the learning curve in every aspect for a person entering this field, RhinoTech offers its Digital Transfer Division. We specialize in helping new operators learn about easy-to-use heat transfer papers, printers and heat press equipment through in-person and step-by-step, hands-on instruction at our Eagan, MN-based training facility. In just a few hours/days, the new printer can be printing.

We also work with the new start-up operator to help meet specific price points and work/inventory space needs whether a home-based type studio printing situation, a small, storefront arrangement or for a large commercial screen printing entity with sights on expanding into digital, heat transfer printing. This greatly reduces the time it takes to investigate digital printing systems. 

 

Description of some of the heat press equipment: The RT DK20S combines a heavy-duty solid steel industrial grade pressing framework with accurate and easy to use electronics to provide the operator with the best possible features and equipment needed for various heat transfer applications. This press is an industry champ as the top-end robust workhorse of all swing away heat presses.

The RT DK25S is the jumbo-sized version with a 20x25 heat platen. This press is also available in an air-operated automatic version, the DK20SP.

The RT RT1515 heat press has a platen size of 15” x 15” with digital

temperature and time gauges. It’s the perfect small format heat press for a start-up in a home-based, studio or storefront business. Its swing-away design makes it extremely user-friendly offering unobstructed access to the lower platen.  Loading garments and placing transfers is hassle-free.

The RT Cap/Hat Press features a special spring loaded cap mounting clamp, extra working room for mounting a hat, full range pressure application, automatic Alarm/Timer with Digital temperature, timer display and alarm. The RT Plate Press with a 4" and 6" impression area that is an easy to operate press that is multi-functional for printing images onto apparel and fabrics.

 
Because the precision design of RhinoTech heat presses includes temperature and time sensors, new, start-up printers can maintain focus on honing their “touch and pressure” skills. These two skills are generally perfected in a few hours as the beginning printer becomes familiar with the “feel” of the heat press.

All of our heat presses can be used in conjunction with the latest generation of heat transfer papers, toners and printers. These include the RT SunAngel DARK series with Fluorescent and White and CMYK and White toners;

printed with RT SunAngel DARK w/Fluorescent color + white!

SingleStep™and SinglePrint™ heat transfer laser papers and  SingleJet™ that is used with an inkjet printer.

Next question. What is the advice regarding the purchase of digital

printing equipment? 

Our advice is: 1) don’t purchase random equipment. Investigate systems that are compatible. The RhinoTech web store through it's Digital Transfer division features systems that work together, that have been tested and tested many times over so that customers can feel secure that they are purchasing recommended equipment to get the job done. This saves the start-up printer time, money and effort in the long term; 

2) compare prices - don’t just purchase the ‘cheapest’ equipment as often you get what you pay for. RhinoTech offers competitive pricing by continuing to compare/analyze equipment and remain out-front regarding the latest digital heat transfer equipment, papers, printers, toners;

3) make sure that the equipment and supplies needed will fit into the work space. RhinoTech regularly advises customers on systems and system lay-out for best printing set-up to gain maximum efficiency;  

4) get proper training and follow all instructional material. RhinoTech offers educational, step-by-step, how-to videos. Videos and/or one-on-one training ensure that the learning curve is minimal and that the start-up/customer has an accessible source of training, 24/7.

RhinoTech also has a responsive customer service team. This helps to provide a strong initial framework for the start-up digital printer who shouldn’t hesitate to make use of this assistance.

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DIGITAL PRINTING Q & A from RhinoTech.

The Burning Question:

Is there an easy way to decorate garments digitally without the expense of purchasing a DTG printer and a pre-treatment machine?

  

The Simple Answer by RhinoTech:

Great question! But, first, here is what pre-treatment is and why it is necessary in DTG (Direct-to-Garment) printing.

When using a DTG system to print on dark t-shirts, for example, each shirt must first be sprayed with a pre-treatment fluid. This fluid prepares to receive the ink (toner).  It is a crucial and needed step in this type of printing situation so that each and every print will last and pass the wash test.  

Pre-treatment can be tricky when applying the fluid, however, because if too much is used, the final image will start to flake off after the initial wash. If too little is applied, the surface to be printed will be inadequate and the final print will not be the high caliber image sought. Compounding the issue of pre-treatment is that the correct amount of fluid found to work on one brand might not be the same for the next brand of t-shirt, the same or next batch, color or style used. And, finally, cost factor is another consideration.

So…. The answer to the question is a solid, YES. There is an alternative to using a digital printing system that doesn’t require pre-treatment of dark or light garments. 

The solution is to use a DIGITAL heat transfer system that utilizes laser heat transfer papers and printers. Time and money saved!

Choosing the Correct Digital Printing Set-Up.

This step involves research, but the following options help reduce decision-making time when it comes to determining the best system for your specific business and space needs. The following digital and inkjet heat transfer systems for apparel printing don’t require any pre-treatment. It’s just all about creating, printing and heat transferring the image to the garment.

With the RT SunAngel DARK series of heat transfer paper and printers, the operator can create vivid transfers for both light and DARK garments simply by printing the image and heat pressing it directly onto the DARK shirt. The apparel/fabric can be 100% cotton, a 50/50 blend and/or 100% polyester. There is no preference toward brand, batches or style.

The final results are sharp, highly defined designs with dazzling colors in Fluorescent color and white and/or by using traditional CMYK + white toners. Because this is a laser system, SingleStep™ heat transfer paper can also be used with this system.

The next option is SingleStep™ that is a weedless, laser paper for white and light color garments. Once the image is printed onto fabric, it leaves no window – only the toner transfers. The resulting design is soft and feels as if it had been screen printed.

SingleJet™ is heat transfer paper used with inkjet printers, only.  This paper involves a simple, refined one step process to printing on white and light color fabrics and garments. Vibrant images result.  You can also print a photo, flat color design text, block graphics or spot colors with this system.

With exceedingly low upfront costs of a digital printing system in tandem with bypassing the several step process involved with pre-treatment and DTG systems, the printer saves time, effort and money. 

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Want to Boost your Price Point?

Best in show: Designers put colorful screen prints on display for Spring (Marie Claire, June 2014).

A Marc by Marc Jacobs Clutch bag selling for $88 (left), a Zara Top for $49.90 (middle) and a screen printed Dior dress that "brings a casual element to evening wear with a landscape decal (decal - really? on a tank dress
(we're pretty certain that it's a heat transfer).

 (OMG - price not listed, so you know it's a big one). 

And, the skirt at the top of the page is from Tibi that is selling for $295.

 

RhinoTech likes the Price Point that Just Exploded! 

 

You have just witnessed a phenom of a marketing effort when a "luxury for less" section features screen and/or digitally printed items that sell for approximately

$50 - $300 or an unlisted amount.

Not only are these prices demanded AND RECEIVED, but transactions

are completed without a wince.

And, for those of us in the industry, this is an information windfall, a smack to the side of the head, bells going off in our collective brains kind of moment. So...here are a few tips to help you get in on that for your own business; a way to demand and get a little more of the monetary reward.

#1 - Add the important, but oh-so-discreet POC (pop of color) to a black and white design. A bit of watermelon, orange/red or a brilliant shade of blue provide the enhancement.

#2 - Add a bit of textile metallic foil in an unexpected place on the image.
Foil costs pennies.

 #3 - Heat press rhinestones in monotone on the entire front or back of the shirt on top of the design (rhinestones cost pennies).

#4 - Color block or B & W block with a line of birds on a wire similar to this beautiful image from dimage. Screen print one of the birds in a vibrant color. 

#5 - Print or heat press a large image that you created. Be daring and print it onto a Light Blue or Pink (all the rage) Black, Navy, Orange or Red T-Shirt dress.

With each endeavor, you carve out more of a reputation for yourself; for your daring; yet, sophisticated work that will command and secure a larger price point. With each display (marketing) on all social media sites that extend further than screen, digital and graphics printing sites, friends, groups and associations, your efforts expand to a broader market! The reward will be viable and notably exciting!

opportunities on all orders of $50+ in contiguous U.S. and we ship worldwide.

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